1 . I had graduated from college with a degree in education. But I still couldn’t find a(n) _________ teaching job. I waited for the phone to ring so I could _________ work as a replacement. One day I would be teaching high school science and the next day I would be _________ with kindergarteners on a playground. This time I was in a local grade school as a(n) _________ for a 5th grade teacher for the day. Determined not to let my time simply _________, I went over the lesson plans and stayed _________ with the students, smiling and encouraging them. I was determined to _________ the great teachers I’d had when I was a boy and not the critical ones who always left me _________ bad.

At the end of the day just as they were leaving the room a girl handed me a _________ note. I waited until they were all gone before I opened it. It was a lovely drawing full of __________ wonder and a note that said: “You are the best teacher I have ever had!” My mouth fell open in __________. It really amazed me that my kind __________ had touched that girl’s heart so deeply. I took that note home and put it in a folder. Anytime I was feeling __________ I would look at it and it always made me smile.

That experience showed me the __________ that a single kind word can have on a life. I never saw that girl again, but I __________ that her life has been full of kind words and loving people. And I continue to try my best each day to let love and kindness live through my words and my life.

1.

A．ever-changing

B．random

C．full-time

D．swift

2.

A．consequently

B．actually

C．casually

D．temporarily

3.

A．travelling around

B．running around

C．keeping off

D．pulling off

4.

A．assistant

B．applicant

C．advocate

D．replacement

5.

A．grow

B．slow

C．pass

D．break

6.

A．honest

B．positive

C．awake

D．curious

7.

A．follow

B．motivate

C．respect

D．recognize

8.

A．looking

B．feeling

C．remaining

D．turning

9.

A．delivered

B．selected

C．folded

D．checked

10.

A．mature

B．precise

C．exceptional

D．fancy

11.

A．shock

B．trouble

C．confusion

D．silence

12.

A．options

B．concerns

C．comments

D．decisions

13.

A．wonderful

B．discouraged

C．ashamed

D．fortunate

14.

A．patience

B．vision

C．support

D．power

15.

A．assume

B．remind

C．announce

D．confirm

2 . When I was young, I liked a book about a little girl who lost her grandma’s company. Before falling asleep one night, I requested my grandmother to read it to me. I closed my eyes as I heard her _________ the story. When she finished reading, I stared at her and asked, “Will you ever die like that girl’s grandma?”

“I will _________ you as long as I live,” she whispered.

“But what if you die?” I _________.

“It is hard to _________ it since you never know how much you appreciate something until you lose it. It takes losing something to know its _________. There is no _________ of losing something if you have it forever.”

I lay in bed that night, thinking about what she said without understanding her, yet I knew _________ what she had said.

The next night I sat on my parents’ bed watching TV with them. The phone rang. A feeling of _________ ran down my back just before my dad _________ it. I saw his smiling expression tighten into __________. Then he looked straight at my mom and me, __________ unblinkingly (不眨眼地) for what seemed like forever. Then he said, “Grandma has __________.”

I then sat there __________ for a long time. At that moment, I had loved my grandma more than I ever had before and then I __________ everything she did for me. Beyond that, I definitely understood her words-you don’t __________ anything you think you will have it for good until you lose it forever.

1.

A．retell

B．compose

C．adapt

D．review

2.

A．hug

B．accompany

C．lose

D．possess

3.

A．questioned

B．protested

C．argued

D．claimed

4.

A．accept

B．explain

C．avoid

D．skip

5.

A．origin

B．principle

C．value

D．creation

6.

A．expectation

B．need

C．point

D．worry

7.

A．totally

B．immediately

C．exactly

D．specially

8.

A．excitement

B．fear

C．pity

D．delight

9.

A．refused

B．answered

C．discovered

D．ignored

10.

A．fright

B．anxiety

C．disappointment

D．depression

11.

A．trembling

B．nodding

C．staring

D．bouncing

12.

A．passed by

B．passed away

C．come around

D．come in

13.

A．fearful

B．still

C．anxious

D．regretful

14.

A．recalled

B．owned

C．dismissed

D．forgot

15.

A．save

B．treasure

C．abandon

D．remember

3 . I first saw a real durian (榴莲) in an Asian supermarket in Queens. That strange-looking fruit was big, heavy, and covered with sharp pricks (刺). I decided to buy one. The Chinese checkout girl carefully wrapped it thickly in a newspaper before putting it into a shopping bag.

On the train home, I cautiously opened the Chinese newspaper and lifted it out. Its strangeness made me think of kung fu, yoga and Taijiquan.

Upon arriving home, I dug out the biggest knife and cut through the tough prickly husk (壳). I tasted the pale-yellow flesh, delicious!

After that, durian was my favourite fruit. My skill at cutting durian open was improving. I showed the skill to my girlfriend.

A few years later, we moved to Taiwan. One day I noticed some durians had begun to open by themselves. The owner tried to get me to buy one but I shook my head, thinking it was far-gone. Instead I selected one whose outer husk wasn’t open.

The next morning I woke up to a strong durian smell. I found a small crack (裂缝) had appeared all on its own. I used the smallest pressure and tasted a more delicious durian. Suddenly, I realized something. I ha felt so satisfied with my own skill in opening the durian that I never thought about letting the durian open itself. The higher art was not in doing but in not doing — letting the thing happen on its own in the way it happens best.

1. Why did the Chinese checkout girl wrap the durian thickly in a newspaper?

A．To decorate the durian.	B．To stop the durian from falling apart.
C．To prevent the author from being hurt.	D．To encourage the author to read Chinese.

2. What came to the author’s mind when he looked at the durian on the way home?

A．A strange fruit.	B．A delicious dinner.
C．Other passengers’ attention.	D．Some symbols of Asian culture.

3. Why didn’t the author take the recommended durian?

A．He thought it was too ripe.	B．He enjoyed the selection of durian.
C．He wanted a chance to show his skill.	D．He preferred the durian with open husk.

4. What message did the author want to share?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．Let nature take its course.
C．Interest is the best teacher.	D．Kill two birds with one stone.

4 . I was struggling earlier in the year, even though I’m a(n) _______ person by nature. The entire world seemed to have come to a stop all of a sudden. I was _______ with worry about my family and paying the bills, and whether life would ever be the same again.

Then, one evening I went outside and _______. The sky was dark and the stars were shining so brightly that I almost held my breath. As I stood under that splendid ceiling, I was filled with _______.

I really wanted to find out more about them. Suddenly, I remembered I’d _______ an app on my phone a couple of months earlier, which _______ all the stars and planets. Together with my daughters, I raced to the upstairs, where we had a perfect _______ of the night sky. Using the app, we were excited to _______ that bright white star hanging over the horizon was Venus. Then we looked past Betelguese, a dying red supergiant star 700 times the size of Earth, and many more. _______, the world no longer seemed like an unfamiliar place. It __________ me that the Earth had been around for 4. 5 billion years and had experienced things much more __________. That realization __________ brought my worries into a much broader perspective (眼界).

Plus, that twinkling night sky was just so beautiful — I felt happier and calmer just looking at it. It became our __________ to sit at the window every evening, gazing at the stars. Not only did it help us __________ the reality, but for half an hour each day we got to __________ outside our four walls.

1.

A．optimistic

B．patient

C．independent

D．considerate

2.

A．combined

B．questioned

C．consumed

D．impressed

3.

A．pulled over

B．looked up

C．headed off

D．calmed down

4.

A．wonder

B．pride

C．anxiety

D．guilt

5.

A．designed

B．downloaded

C．advertised

D．tested

6.

A．reflects

B．connects

C．measures

D．identifies

7.

A．view

B．memory

C．record

D．example

8.

A．explain

B．imagine

C．discover

D．indicate

9.

A．By the way

B．At first sight

C．At that moment

D．By all means

10.

A．benefited

B．warned

C．challenged

D．struck

11.

A．informal

B．flexible

C．conventional

D．dramatic

12.

A．constantly

B．instantly

C．secretly

D．randomly

13.

A．regret

B．routine

C．adventure

D．responsibility

14.

A．describe

B．ignore

C．stress

D．face

15.

A．train

B．gather

C．travel

D．recover

5 . Britain’s toughest grandmother cheated death three times to become a champion powerlifter and is still pumping iron in her 70s. Pat Reeves has _________ two terminal cancer diagnoses and a high-speed car crash.

She _________ weightlifting in 1982 when she was 36, after receiving her first terminal diagnosis due to a brain tumor (肿瘤). She _________ a plant-based diet and began running marathons and _________. She hoped that it would _________ her slow-growing tumor. She was encouraged by her bodybuilding _________ to try powerlifting and fell in love with it, quickly breaking records and _________ titles at competitions she entered. For 10 years, she traveled the world, _________ in national and global events.

But in December, 1993, she was _________ by another terminal cancer diagnosis; this time she was told she had bone cancer. Reeves __________ to let it defeat her and continued with her healthy and __________ lifestyle in an attempt to make the tumors __________, and was declared cancer-free in mid-2016.

In September, 2018, she was involved in a high-speed __________. The accident left her with crushed lungs and led to a(n)__________ disease that occurred when lung tissue was __________. She was told she only had three months to __________ in June, 2019. But she survived again. However, she said, “It does still __________ me, but I’ve found a way to train and I still do powerlifting even with my setbacks.” She has broken around 200 __________ and can lift up to nearly 300 pounds.

We may meet many __________ in life. However, as long as we have a positive attitude, we can __________ overcome them.

1.

A．suffered

B．survived

C．recovered

D．treated

2.

A．took up

B．saved up

C．kept up

D．drew up

3.

A．rejected

B．examined

C．adopted

D．experienced

4.

A．fantasy

B．innovation

C．interaction

D．bodybuilding

5.

A．enhance

B．stop

C．attack

D．inspect

6.

A．coach

B．judge

C．athlete

D．teacher

7.

A．missing

B．accepting

C．securing

D．beating

8.

A．competing

B．accelerating

C．charging

D．hiding

9.

A．puzzled

B．designed

C．embarrassed

D．shocked

10.

A．hesitated

B．refused

C．attempted

D．claimed

11.

A．active

B．lazy

C．popular

D．boring

12.

A．bigger

B．longer

C．smaller

D．stronger

13.

A．occasion

B．crash

C．event

D．adventure

14.

A．eye

B．skin

C．heart

D．lung

15.

A．broken

B．clean

C．healthy

D．strong

16.

A．walk

B．work

C．connect

D．live

17.

A．protect

B．support

C．affect

D．scold

18.

A．arguments

B．records

C．media

D．devices

19.

A．successes

B．opportunities

C．pleasures

D．difficulties

20.

A．barely

B．instantly

C．eventually

D．slightly

6 . 爱是荒漠甘泉，滋养你的心灵；爱是长夜明灯，指引你前进的方向。生活中爱无处不在，它或来自你的父母、家人；或来自你的老师、朋友、同学甚至陌生人。请你用英文以“Life is full of love”为题写一篇短文，叙述一个你经历过充满爱的故事。
要求：
1. 语言流畅、书写规范、卷面整洁，词数不少于80个；
2. 文中不得使用你的真实姓名、校名，否则以零分计。

Life is full of love

Is there a thing full of love buried deeply in your heart?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 . Observing the natural world is a wonderful way of learning more about ourselves. Elisabeth Bailey found ________ from her tiniest and slowest friend from nature, a woodland snail (蜗牛).

You may not know a woodland snail’s shell adds layers as it ages, and that it has 2,462 teeth. Bailey knew well about such ________ details about the tiny creature because for years, this woodland nail was her ________ companion.

At the age of 34, Bailey suffered a serious illness which ________ her in bed for a long time. As Bailey’s ability to ________ declined, she had little choice but to ________ the slow lane (跑道) with the woodland snail that a friend had left on her bedside table.

“It had evolved its long ________ mechanisms (机制) and will probably be on Earth much longer than humans. “Its ________ outweighs its figure: A snail can glide effortlessly right up a tree trunk or a wall without any other equipment,” said Bailey.

On the days Bailey was unable to engage in the normal human world, she was ________ in the world of the snail. In the ________ space they both inhabited, Bailey witnessed the snail growing. She observed its habits, such as its ________ to sleep during the day and adventure at night.

And it was during this year of slowing down and ________ that the snail taught Bailey an important lesson. “This little animal had been ________ from its habitat, and it was able to ________. Its such ability convinced me that I would eventually make it to adapt to my illness ________.”

1.

A．comfort

B．trust

C．love

D．fault

2.

A．beneficial

B．decisive

C．minute

D．regular

3.

A．previous

B．political

C．cruel

D．constant

4.

A．replaced

B．trapped

C．persuaded

D．arrested

5.

A．applaud

B．create

C．move

D．calculate

6.

A．join

B．pass

C．find

D．measure

7.

A．review

B．defense

C．delivery

D．survival

8.

A．patience

B．strength

C．head

D．tooth

9.

A．sunk

B．struck

C．released

D．cheated

10.

A．sufficient

B．alien

C．silent

D．available

11.

A．curiosity

B．courage

C．ability

D．tendency

12.

A．migrating

B．noticing

C．mixing

D．exposing

13.

A．removed

B．rescued

C．driven

D．freed

14.

A．fade away

B．break down

C．fit in

D．come to

15.

A．otherwise

B．somehow

C．instead

D．indeed

8 . As a ski instructor for children, I work with all sorts of behavior challenges. Kids seem to mask _________ less effectively than adults, so it’s _________ to see when they are cold, scared, or just not having fun. On one occasion, I was working with a group of _________ when one of them started to act out. He began spitting rude remarks and _________ instructions. After five years of working in this environment, I recognized that his _________ were not being met. Did he deserve _________ if he was not being kind himself? Maybe. So, I took him aside and tried a(n)_________.

I showered him with every ounce of _________ I could. I reassured (使安心) him and smiled when his skis responded effectively to his movements. I _________ him when he fell. As the class __________ through trees, I saw his confidence grow. By the bottom, he was smiling as well. He quietly apologized for being __________ and thanked me for being his teacher.

Although this is an oversimplified example of kindness and behavioral psychology I know little about, I learned something that day: Kindness __________. I often think that we are still like kids as adults. We’re just better at __________ our unpleasant feelings. But our inner child needs healing and security. And when someone offers a hug after a long day, souls can be __________. So, whether they __________ it or not, be kind.

1.

A．secret

B．ability

C．disappointment

D．discomfort

2.

A．important

B．easy

C．useful

D．difficult

3.

A．adults

B．children

C．athletes

D．undergraduates

4.

A．ignoring

B．demanding

C．giving

D．missing

5.

A．standards

B．expectations

C．needs

D．interests

6.

A．sympathy

B．kindness

C．recognition

D．attention

7.

A．experiment

B．instruction

C．exercise

D．conversation

8.

A．security

B．passion

C．courage

D．power

9.

A．promised

B．questioned

C．encouraged

D．persuaded

10.

A．frequented

B．skipped

C．slipped

D．weaved

11.

A．shy

B．late

C．unkind

D．stressed

12.

A．remains

B．occurs

C．works

D．continues

13.

A．understanding

B．hiding

C．accepting

D．expressing

14.

A．protected

B．purified

C．released

D．healed

15.

A．deserve

B．believe

C．know

D．discover

9 . Every Friday night the Chevron gas station food mart offers a discount on the leftover food. To ensure the best selection, my mother and I pile into our old car and _________ in front of the mart at five p. m. sharp, ready to get our _________.

Chevron shopping _________ like this: One day my mother suddenly realized that she had maxed out (透支) almost every credit card except the Chevron card and we needed groceries for the week. Since our first _________ there, I’ve learned to believe in flexibility. In my life, it has become necessary to _________ the idea of grocery shopping. My mother and I can no longer shop at real grocery stores, _________ we still get the necessities.

Grocery shopping at Chevron has its _________. The worst is when we have so many items that it takes the cashier what seems like hours to ring up everything. A line of _________ customers formed behind us. It’s that line that _________ the most-the way they look at us. My mother never notices — or maybe she __________ not to.

I’m __________ to shop there, and I’m afraid of running into someone I know. I once expressed my fear of being seen shopping at Chevron to my mother, and her eyes shone with disappointment. I know that I hurt her feelings when I try to __________ our weekly shopping trips.

And that is why I hold on to the idea of __________ so tightly. Whenever I feel the __________ rise to my face, I remind myself at this point in my life I am struggling does not mean that I will always struggle. I know that whatever happens, we will always __________ a way to survive.

1.

A．settle down

B．pull up

C．hang about

D．show off

2.

A．award

B．share

C．change

D．credit

3.

A．continued

B．started

C．ran

D．worked

4.

A．encounter

B．match

C．inspection

D．visit

5.

A．dismiss

B．develop

C．bend

D．accept

6.

A．but

B．so

C．when

D．unless

7.

A．purposes

B．drawbacks

C．features

D．grounds

8.

A．excited

B．guilty

C．grateful

D．anxious

9.

A．declines

B．suffers

C．hurts

D．struggles

10.

A．threatens

B．promises

C．agrees

D．pretends

11.

A．shocked

B．confused

C．embarrassed

D．bored

12.

A．avoid

B．join

C．arrange

D．cancel

13.

A．simplicity

B．generosity

C．integrity

D．flexibility

14.

A．pride

B．bitterness

C．heat

D．sweat

15.

A．figure out

B．wait for

C．agree on

D．break off

10 . Humans are quick judgment machines. With the seemingly reliable _______ , we form firm and far-reaching opinions of others. Science is _______ those judgments are also often correct although they can sometimes be _______ .

Actually, it turns out that we’re not _______ to believe so firmly what someone’s gesture or face _______ . It is found that these clues really can predict our personalities. Take a study, for example. When the scientists _______ data on walking and personality of more than 15,000 _______ of all ages, strong patterns appeared: a fast walker is more likely to be outgoing. _______ .slow walkers are hesitant. Now we know personality indeed has an influence on walking.

But what about the _______ , you might ask? We all tend to naturally slow down as we get older, but not everyone slows down at the same ________ .Personality affected not only walking speed, but also how the way of walking became different overtime.   Those who were outgoing had a slower ________ in walking speed.

Your personality can’t be ________ by your speeding up or slowing down, but how you are ________ can. Want to appear brave and outgoing? ________ in. It may be even more useful as a trick that can help you assess a person’s character and know quickly who you are ________ in a meeting or in a conversation.

1.

A．tool

B．relationship

C．evidence

D．value

2.

A．arguing

B．admitting

C．predicting

D．noticing

3.

A．long-lasting

B．ground-breaking

C．hard-won

D．one-sided

4.

A．content

B．willing

C．crazy

D．sure

5.

A．covers

B．records

C．rules

D．indicates

6.

A．looked for

B．dug into

C．focused on

D．ended with

7.

A．volunteers

B．interviewers

C．subjects

D．candidates

8.

A．In comparison

B．In addition

C．In fact

D．In summary

9.

A．personality

B．result

C．style

D．age

10.

A．pace

B．level

C．time

D．price

11.

A．pause

B．process

C．rise

D．decline

12.

A．explained

B．changed

C．determined

D．understood

13.

A．seen

B．followed

C．researched

D．motivated

14.

A．Drive

B．Jump

C．Rush

D．Walk

15.

A．fighting

B．handling

C．treating

D．helping